East Kilbride West is one of the 20

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South Lanarkshire Council South Lanarkshire Council ( gd, Comhairle Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas) is the unitary authority serving the South Lanarkshire council area in Scotland. The council has its headquarters in Hamilton, has 16,000 employees, and a budget of almost £1b ...

. Created in 2007, the ward elects three councillors using the

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electoral system and covers an area with a population of 15,275 people. The ward has produced strong results for both

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and the

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(SNP) with the former holding two of the three seats from 2007 to 2012 and the latter holding two between 2012 and 2017. It is the only ward in South Lanarkshire to have returned a

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councillor.

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The ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the

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. As a result of the

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, local elections in Scotland would use the

electoral system from 2007 onwards so East Kilbride East was formed from an amalgamation of several previous

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wards. It contained the vast majority of the former Calderglen and Long Calderwood wards as well as all of the former Morrishall ward. As a result of amendments to the boundaries of the South Lanarkshire Council's management areas, the boundaries between Rutherglen and Cambuslang, East Kilbride and Hamilton were tweaked so East Kilbride East also contained part of the former

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ward. East Kilbride East covers the parts of

East Kilbride East Kilbride (; gd, Cille Bhrìghde an Ear ) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a rais ...

on the north-east and eastern peripheries of the town, primarily Calderwood (excepting the Maxwellton/west of Calderwood Road area), as well as Brancumhall, part of

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(east of High Common Road),

Nerston Nerston is a village situated on the northern green-belt boundary of the new town of East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Etymology The name Nerston is originally a Scots corruption of Near-town.'Nair', 'Ner', 'Ners', and 'Naris' as ...

(the separate hamlet, but not the brownfield residential developments south of Kingsgate) and the

Crutherland Crutherland is a new area of East Kilbride, backing onto Torrance House Golf Course (part of Calderglen Country Park Calderglen Country Park is a country park in the town of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is situated along the ...

development fringing

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. Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the

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, streets between Calderwood Road, Morrishall Road and Hunter Primary School were transferred into the ward from East Kilbride Central North.

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Councillors

Election Results

2022 election

2017 Election

2012 Election

2007 Election

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